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The Seven Wonders of the
World
Maria Gordeyeva
Ph-51
Contents
The idea of Seven Wonders
The Pyramids
The Hanging Gardens
The Temple of Artemis
The Statue of Zeus
The Mausoleum
The Colossus
The Lighthouse
New Seven Wonders
The idea of Seven Wonders
Versions:
Herodotus
200 B.C. Philon of Byzantium
Travel guide
2500 B.C. - 2000 B.C.
The Pyramids
2600 - 2500 B.C.
Giza
The Great Pyramid
(the Pyramid of
Cheops)
The Pyramid of
Chephren
The Pyramid of
Mykerinus
The Hanging Gardens
7th century B.C.
Babylon
From
Nebuchadnezzar II
to Amyitis
«Gardens of
Semiramis»
The Temple of Artemis
Ephesus
A 120-year project
Croesus of Lydia
127 marble
columns
The Statue of Zeus
438 B.C.
Olympia
Athenian sculptor
Phidias
12 meters tall
The Mausoleum
370 - 350 B.C.
Halicarnassus
From wife to King
Mausolus
«In honour of
Mausol»
1522 A.D. - ruined
The Colossus
280 B.C.
Rhodes
Bronze statue
30 meters high
12 years of work
The Lighthouse
3rd century B.C.
Alexandria
130 meters high
Light - 56 km
Three stages
Statue of Poseidon
New Seven Wonders
2001, Bernard Weber - the idea
20 candidates
Free voting
July 7, 2007 - Official Declaration
ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal
References
http://seven-wonders.by.ru
http://www.new7wonders.com
The Seven Wonders of the
World
Maria Gordeyeva
Ph-51